Competitive Vocabulary Game.

[NicksVSix]

Originally Posted by Ladybugsmom

Musical composition with repeating themes.

"onomatopoeia"

Nobody know what that means!

[Ivas]

Originally Posted by NicksVSix

Nobody know what that means!

I do. It's a tool used in the composition of English prose or poetry that makes it all flow cooly. It tracks sounds of syllables with the "flavor" of their impact on the composition.

"Shard"

[Ladybugsmom]

Originally Posted by Ivas

I do. It's a tool used in the composition of English prose or poetry that makes it all flow cooly. It tracks sounds of syllables with the "flavor" of their impact on the composition.

"Shard"

I knew you would! A good example of onomatopoeia is the word "Buzz" - it sounds like what it means...
Shard is a sliver of glass, or, if you're into modern slang.... never mind...
"polyp"

[Ivas]

Originally Posted by Ladybugsmom

I knew you would! A good example of onomatopoeia is the word "Buzz" - it sounds like what it means...
Shard is a sliver of glass, or, if you're into modern slang.... never mind...
"polyp"

It's an unexpected growth on an otherwise healthy body or organ that may or may not be cancerous. Wait, hold on. What's this about a slang meaning??

"Laconic"

[Slick1]

Originally Posted by Ivas

It's an unexpected growth on an otherwise healthy body or organ that may or may not be cancerous. Wait, hold on. What's this about a slang meaning??

"Laconic"

Summing up

Antidisestablishmentarianism

[Stingr69]

Originally Posted by Slick1

Summing up

Antidisestablishmentarianism

It means you don't want to separate church and state.

"floccinaucinihilipilification"

[Ivas]

Dude, I follow the rules here: no looking up words in dictionaries.

Nevertheless, I strongly doubt that your selection is a word, or if it is, it is a compound scientific term that even the person who coins the word never expects to be used by another person.
This ain't playin' the game. Words shouldn't be too common, yet they must be recognizable by someone on the forum without recourse to outside sources. Remember long words are not always the best ones. I, myself, have been choosing short words that are simply not run-of-the-mill terms.

May I humbly suggest that you, Stingr69, go ahead and select a different word.

[WadeWilson]

Originally Posted by Ivas

Dude, I follow the rules here: no looking up words in dictionaries.

Nevertheless, I strongly doubt that your selection is a word, or if it is, it is a compound scientific term that even the person who coins the word never expects to be used by another person.
This ain't playin' the game. Words shouldn't be too common, yet they must be recognizable by someone on the forum without recourse to outside sources. Remember long words are not always the best ones. I, myself, have been choosing short words that are simply not run-of-the-mill terms.

May I humbly suggest that you, Stingr69, go ahead and select a different word.

I follow the rules too, but I was curious and looked up Stingr's word.

noun
Rare . the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).

[Ivas]

Originally Posted by Shardik2SS

I follow the rules too, but I was curious and looked up Stingr's word.

noun
Rare . the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).

Alrighty boss, what word d'you choose to rattle our noggins?

[WadeWilson]

Originally Posted by Ivas

Alrighty boss, what word d'you choose to rattle our noggins?

10-4.


Pontificate

[Ivas]

Originally Posted by Shardik2SS

10-4.


Pontificate

When an important authority propounds a judgment. It was a term used in Ancient Rome that was later applied to the same sort of thing from popes.

"Ken" (Not the proper name, here. Sorry, Barbie lovers.)

[WadeWilson]

Ken is to understand or to perceive something.

Prolific

[Ivas]

Originally Posted by Shardik2SS

Ken is to understand or to perceive something.

Prolific

Right arm, my friend!

Prolific means to produce in abundance.

"Adze"

[CamaroFemme]

Originally Posted by Ivas

"Adze"

Something my pop-up blocker disables.

CF
(I'm here all week, folks.)